Word: windings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...high wind of Sunday night blew down many telegraph poles on Main street obstructing horse-car travel. Some of the seats on Jarvis field were also blown over...
...athletic grounds to witness the match. Among them were about thirty Harvard men, who went down from Cambridge, and several others, graduates, who had come on with ladies form New York, Boston and elsewhere. The conditions for a foot ball match were almost perfect. There was no wind, the air was mild and the ground was more than fair...
...called at 3.30, promptly, Yesterday afternoon. About 200 spectators lined the sides of the field, and as many more witnessed the game from various coins of vantage outside the fence. Harvard won the toss and chose the west end of the grounds. Neither side was favored by the wind. as the slight breeze was of no consequence in affecting the play. The first point was gained from a touchdown by Hurd. from which Bemis kicked a goal. Sharp play by our men then got the ball down to the Tufts' 20 yard line, when Phillips rushed it over the line...
...OTTAWA GAME.Harvard won the toss and took advantage of a slight wind blowing directly toward the field. During the first three-quarters our rush line played a very steady game, tackling well and seldom losing the ball. Kimball by a pretty run secured a touch down. Shortly after Gilman got another. Goals were kicked from both. Homans at this point of the game was injured, while making a play which forced Ottawa to touch down for safety, and Thayer took his place...
...ball team a few days ago, we spoke of the necessity of training one man, and training him constantly, for the express purpose of kicking goals. The man selected for this important work should be out on Jarvis field practising hour after hour, kicking goals in every sort of wind and weather, from every part of the field, and under every circumstance likely to arise in a game. It is, of course, impossible at times to kick a goal successfully, and the college cannot, in all fairness, blame a man for doing the best he knows how. The result...